Daisy’s latest extraordinary woman, Anne, talks about how she lost her sight as a young child and the impact that had on her life. Much later, as an adult, she had to have a liver and kidney transplant. Sadly the transplants started to deteriorate… but then she found keto.
Anne was born apparently healthy but developed acute nephritis at the age of two, and suffered a traumatic injury to her left eye when she was almost five.
She lost all the sight in her right eye by the age of nine and so has lived with blindness for most of her life.
In her forties, she had kidney failure and discovered that she also had polycystic liver disease which is hereditary.
A liver and kidney transplant in 2001 saved her life and keto keeps her healthy.
Daisy’s latest extraordinary man, Richard, chats to Daisy about his university studies, how he surprised her with a visit a few months ago (which is quite some feat as she lives in the middle of nowhere in rural France!) and what exciting new projects he has up his sleeve.
Richard is a 53 year old software developer and technical speaker who built financial systems to expose risk on Wall Street and has worked on systems from industrial robots to payroll. At 38, he was the public-facing chief executive of a major software component company when he discovered he had type 2 diabetes. At 40 he retired, to devote his time into learning about type 2 diabetes and reversed his own with the ketogenic diet 5 years ago.
With Carl Franklin he founded the 2 Keto Dudes podcast (over 250,000 monthly downloads), and the international Ketofest event to help popularize the intervention as a treatment for type 2 diabetes.
Last year Richard went back to school to study Biochemistry, and he is currently producing videos debunking bad science journalism.
Daisy’s latest extraordinary woman, Jessica, returns to the podcast to chat with Daisy about her year on the low-carb conference circuit, her thriving nutrition practice and her PhD research. She sure has been busy!
Jessica is an Accredited Practising Dietitian and PhD Candidate based in Sydney, Australia. In early 2018, she published the first systematic review of all low-carbohydrate diets for Type 1 Diabetes management. To further contribute to this area of science, she plans to conduct a primary clinical trial as part of her PhD.
Jessica’s passion and drive for nutrition not only stems from her love of science, it has also been influenced by her own health journey. During her teenage years and adolescence, Jessica was completely sucked into the toxic dieting cycle and experienced many years of disordered eating. At University, she was lucky enough to learn about the fundamentals of human biochemistry, including the role of dietary carbohydrate in glycaemic control and fuel utilisation. She quickly put the pieces of the puzzle together and started implementing a low-carbohydrate, high-fat ketogenic diet in her own life. Within just months, Jessica rekindled her love for food, nutrition and health and broke free from the toxic dieting cycle for good.
Jessica has made a commitment to empower as many people as she can with the knowledge, skills and support to experience “Food Freedom” for life. Jessica is the Founder of Ellipse Health and enjoys working with clients all over Australia and internationally via phone and Skype.
Daisy’s latest extraordinary woman, Annette, returns for a special two-part ‘Ask Dr Boz’ special where she answers questions sent in by the listeners.
Based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Annette Bosworth, MD is an Internal Medicine physician with over 19 years of experience helping patients overcome long-term, chronic conditions through lifestyle adjustment, preventive medicine, and other therapeutic paths. She’s been mentioned in media outlets ranging from CNN, Time, US News & World Report, to Fox News.
In addition to medicine, she loves speaking at town halls, jails, churches and universities. From politics to mission work, she lets her faith lead her to the next chapter of life-always looking for teachable moments. Along with her husband, she savors the adventure of raising three energetic, fast-growing sons through debate, wrestling, music, and theater. She fights for the underdog and encourages patients with chronic health problems to “Fight it ANYWAY YOU CAN. Ketones for Life.”
Glucose/Ketone Ratio
Annette talks a lot about the glucose/ketone ratio (or GKI). Here are a couple of tables to make it easier to see which range you are in. If your BG readings are in mmol/L just divide BG by BK and you will get a single digit number as in the GKI column in the table below – just forgot the ratio bit! So just read the digit on the left – 4, 2, 1, etc.
As an example, my current figures are falling between 1 and 2. The last measurements I took were BG 4.1 and BK 2.6. That results in 1.58 or 28.4 (x 18) in the US ratio equivalent.
The zones are general. Your results may vary. Mine do! If I want to lose weight, I need to drop below 2 (40 on US scale). My headaches are better (less frequent) at this level too.
Salt Intake – Thumb Press Test
I asked Dr Boz for a bit more clarification on the thumb press test:
When you push on your shin bone you will need to press for 30 seconds.
Push hard enough to blanch the skin under your thumb finger nail. You will see it change color because you are pushing hard enough on your thumb to stop the blood flow to the tip of your thumb for those 30 seconds.
When you lift your thumb there should not be an indentation. Fat does not leave an indentation. Only fluid leaves an indentation.
The blood glucose/ketone meter Annette recommended is this one:
You can find Annette’s book Anyway You Can on Amazon:
Daisy’s latest extraordinary woman, Annette, returns for a special two-part ‘Ask Dr Boz’ special where she answers questions sent in by the listeners.
Based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Annette Bosworth, MD is an Internal Medicine physician with over 19 years of experience helping patients overcome long-term, chronic conditions through lifestyle adjustment, preventive medicine, and other therapeutic paths. She’s been mentioned in media outlets ranging from CNN, Time, US News & World Report, to Fox News.
In addition to medicine, she loves speaking at town halls, jails, churches and universities. From politics to mission work, she lets her faith lead her to the next chapter of life-always looking for teachable moments. Along with her husband, she savors the adventure of raising three energetic, fast-growing sons through debate, wrestling, music, and theater. She fights for the underdog and encourages patients with chronic health problems to “Fight it ANYWAY YOU CAN. Ketones for Life.”
Glucose/Ketone Ratio
Annette talks a lot about the glucose/ketone ratio (or GKI). Here are a couple of tables to make it easier to see which range you are in. If your BG readings are in mmol/L just divide BG by BK and you will get a single digit number as in the GKI column in the table below – just forgot the ratio bit! So just read the digit on the left – 4, 2, 1, etc.
As an example, my current figures are falling between 1 and 2. The last measurements I took were BG 4.1 and BK 2.6. That results in 1.58 or 28.4 (x 18) in the US ratio equivalent.
The zones are general. Your results may vary. Mine do! If I want to lose weight, I need to drop below 2 (40 on US scale). My headaches are better (less frequent) at this level too.
Salt Intake – Thumb Press Test
I asked Dr Boz for a bit more clarification on the thumb press test:
When you push on your shin bone you will need to press for 30 seconds.
Push hard enough to blanch the skin under your thumb finger nail. You will see it change color because you are pushing hard enough on your thumb to stop the blood flow to the tip of your thumb for those 30 seconds.
When you lift your thumb there should not be an indentation. Fat does not leave an indentation. Only fluid leaves an indentation.
The blood glucose/ketone meter Annette recommended is this one:
You can find Annette’s book Anyway You Can on Amazon:
Daisy’s latest extraordinary woman, Carrie, returns to the podcast to chat with Daisy about dealing with depression during the holidays and shares some strategies to help get you through this sometimes very difficult time of year.
Carrie is an ex-professional pastry chef, turned cookbook author, recipe developer, freelance photographer with a crazy, four country, three continent-spanning resume which includes such things as a chocolate TV show, a chocolate cookbook, and making pastries for the Queen of England. She trained at the National Bakery School in London and has now turned her pastry chef talents to creating scrumptious keto/low carb food to help the world eat smarter, live better, and put the healthy back into healthy.
She has published 5 cookbooks and shares her tales of food, travel, and adventure from her splendid single life in the sane lane, as well as her trials and triumphs with Bi-polar Disorder, Adrenal Fatigue, Lyme disease, a massive E-coli infection, a myriad of food sensitivities, and her journey back to slim and vibrant on her blog CarrieBrown.com.
Carrie also shares her love, skills, passion for delicious healthy food, and humor in a Facebook Group – The Keto Kitchen with Carrie Brown – as well as bouncing around all the usual social media platforms as The Real Carrie Brown.
Carrie’s buddies say of her…
Carrie can often be found in the kitchen, surrounded by her four-legged friends, concocting, devising, developing, and figuring out how to make the impossible very possible (and affordable). And we love her for it.
Daisy’s latest extraordinary woman, Rosie, talks about how LCHF has not only reversed her rheumatoid arthritis but also helped her control her addictive eating tendencies and lose weight.
Rosie Doyle is originally from Yorkshire and now lives in Edinburgh, with her husband and dog. She works as a management trainer and personal development coach. She was diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis in 2016 and rediscovered LCHF in order to lose weight before a consultant appointment. To her surprise, not only did she lose weight, but her remaining RA symptoms of joint pain, muscle cramps and fatigue disappeared. She was able to come off the most toxic autoimmune drugs, which had failed to control her symptoms, and finally normalise her inflammatory markers. Thanks to LCHF she also lost 24kg in excess weight and has finally learnt to manage her addictive eating tendencies. She now wants to spread the word about the health benefits of keto and campaign to change orthodox nutrition advice through her Facebook page.
Get in touch with Rosie and follow her on Facebook:
Daisy’s latest extraordinary woman, Carrie, returns to share how she evicted her Lyme disease in just 2 months with the help of a homotoxicologist and a naturopathic doctor.
Carrie is an ex-professional pastry chef, turned cookbook author, recipe developer, freelance photographer with a crazy, four country, three continent-spanning resume which includes such things as a chocolate TV show, a chocolate cookbook, and making pastries for the Queen of England. She trained at the National Bakery School in London and has now turned her pastry chef talents to creating scrumptious keto/low carb food to help the world eat smarter, live better, and put the healthy back into healthy.
She has published 5 cookbooks and shares her tales of food, travel, and adventure from her splendid single life in the sane lane, as well as her trials and triumphs with Bi-polar Disorder, Adrenal Fatigue, Lyme disease, a massive E-coli infection, a myriad of food sensitivities, and her journey back to slim and vibrant on her blog CarrieBrown.com.
Carrie also shares her love, skills, passion for delicious healthy food, and humor in a Facebook Group – The Keto Kitchen with Carrie Brown – as well as bouncing around all the usual social media platforms as The Real Carrie Brown.
Carrie’s buddies say of her…
“Carrie can often be found in the kitchen, surrounded by her four-legged friends, concocting, devising, developing, and figuring out how to make the impossible very possible (and affordable).
Daisy’s latest extraordinary woman, Jessie, shares her thru-hiking adventure of the Pacific Crest Trail last year and how she went against the usual carb-heavy grain and fueled herself ketogenically by making her own dehydrated meals which she now produces and sells as a thriving business – Next Mile Meals.
In April 2017, Jessie quit her full-time desk-job in the tech world and found herself at Mile 1 of the Pacific Crest Trail, the beginning of a five-month journey that would have her walk the entire span of the United States, hiking from Mexico to Canada through three states and over 2600 miles. All while ketogenic. Going against the conventional wisdom that thru-hiking and endurance sports need to be fueled by carbs, she became the first ketogenic thru-hiker, proving it can be done and paving the way for other hikers and adventurers to tackle their own outdoor achievements and activities.
After her fellow hikers and social media followers asked repeatedly where they, too, could find ketogenic backpacking food, she realized that the meals she had handmade and crafted might help others just like her. And so, in the middle of a mountain range near the Oregon border, her company — Next Mile Meals — was created. Fully launched in 2018, Next Mile Meals has helped thousands of ketogenic hikers, low carb campers, and adventurers with special dietary needs keep participating in their favorite activities without sacrificing their diet or their health.
You can find out more about Jessie and her keto meals at NextMileMeals.com and follow her on Instagram @NextMileMeals.
If you are a keto adventurer or maybe you are looking for the perfect holiday gift for someone who is, use the code KETOWOMAN for 10{fb00496d80bda9dbb64fc97c692e11314ab624bd34a4858080ccad1e40fefcae} off all regularly priced meals. Happy adventuring keto lovelies.
This week’s end quote is from Nellie Bly. Nellie Bly was an American journalist, inventor and charity worker. Inspired by Jules Verne’s novel, she set off on a round-the-world-journey attempting to break the fictional account’s 80 day record, and she did. She completed the journey in 1889 travelling nearly 25 thousand miles mostly alone.
“I’ve always had the feeling that nothing is impossible if one applies a certain amount of energy in the right direction. If you want to do it, you can do it.”
Daisy’s latest extraordinary man, Dr Andreas Eenfeldt, talks about what led him to start the now infamous Diet Doctor website and how it has grown into a thriving content-generating machine with over 40 coworkers.
Dr Eenfeldt is a Swedish medical doctor specialized in family medicine. He is the founder and CEO of Diet Doctor – a fast-growing team of more than 40 co-workers. The Diet Doctor website is completely free from ads, product sales or industry sponsorship. It’s instead fully funded by the people, via an optional membership. Diet Doctor is by far the largest low-carb and keto website in the world, with over 350,000 daily visits.
During the last ten years Dr. Eenfeldt has authored the biggest health blog in Sweden and a #1 best-selling book on nutrition that’s been translated in to eight languages. He may be partly responsible for a past butter shortage in his home country, and one of his conference presentations on low carb has been viewed over 600,000 times on YouTube.
Dr. Eenfeldt lives in Karlstad, Sweden with his significant other and their two young daughters. He spends just about all his waking hours either with his family or working on DietDoctor.com. He’s the author of many of the core information pages on the site.
This week’s end quote is from The Buddha
Happiness comes when your work and words are of benefit to yourself and others.